A mobile telephone includes a memory for storing data in at least three fields for forming a dialed telephone number. The three fields include a first field containing the country code associated with the desired telephone number; a second field containing the area code associated with the desired telephone number; and a third field containing the desired telephone number. The mobile telephone further includes a dialer. When the dialer dials data contained in the three fields to establish a call the call is not established, then the dialer redials data contained in the first and third fields. When the dialer dials data contained in the second and third fields to establish a call, and if the call is not established, then the dialer adds a predetermined prefix and redials the data contained in the second and third fields.
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1. A mobile telephone comprising: a memory for storing data in at least three fields for forming a dialed telephone number; said at least three fields including: a first field containing a country code associated with a desired telephone number; a second field containing an area code associated with said desired telephone number; and a third field containing said desired telephone number; said mobile telephone further comprising a dialer which dials data contained in said at least three fields to establish a call, wherein if said call is not establish, then said dialer redials data contained in said first field and said third field without intervention of a user of said mobile telephone.
2. The mobile telephone of claim 1 , wherein when said dialer dials data contained in said second field and said third field to establish a call, and if said call is not established, then said dialer adds a predetermined prefix and redials said data contained in said second field and said third field.
3. The mobile telephone of claim 1 , wherein said first field contains a character indicative of a country associated with said country code.
4. The mobile telephone of claim 1 , wherein said memory further stores a list of countries and associated country codes, and wherein said country code is selected from said list.
5. A mobile telephone comprising: a memory for storing data in at least three fields for forming a dialed telephone number; said at least three fields including: a first field containing a country code associated with a desired telephone number; a second field containing an area code associated with said desired telephone number; and a third field containing said desired telephone number; said mobile telephone further comprising a dialer which dials data contained in said second field and said third field to establish a call, wherein if said call is not established, then said dialer adds a predetermined prefix and redials said data contained in said second field and said third field without intervention of a user of said mobile telephone; wherein when said dialer dials data contained in said at least three fields to establish a call and if said call is not established, then said dialer redials data contained in said first field and said third field.
6. The mobile telephone of claim 5 , wherein said first field contains a character indicative of a country associated with said country code.
7. The mobile telephone of claim 5 , wherein said memory further stores a list of countries and associated country codes, and wherein said country code is selected from said list.
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June 29, 1999
June 11, 2002
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